Category: eHealth
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Montefiore explores texting for diabetic teens, pre-op care
Montefiore Medical Center is exploring deploying text messaging services and wearable monitoring devices to help teens with diabetes and using text services for enhancing pre-op patient care. read more …read more
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Telehealth Services Market Projected for Considerable Growth, Report Says
Revenue in the telehealth services industry is expected to increase by an annualized 30.7 percent to $320.2 million in the next five years, including revenue growth of 23.1 percent in 2014, according to a new report from market researcher market researcher IBISWorld. Revenue in the telehealth services industry is expected to increase by an annualized…
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Bill Spooner: You’re only as strong as the people you work with
In part 2 of an exclusive interview with FierceHealthIT, former Sharp HealthCare CIO Bill Spooner shares his advice for new CIOs in the industry, as well as lessons learned. read more …read more
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Toshiba sees health tech for seniors as a $10 billion opportunity
Toshiba sees healthcare technology for seniors as a $10 billion opportunity, according to an article in Senior Housing News. The company is using LED televisions and imaging displays to launch its latest series of mobile tech solutions available for older adults, clinicians and other healthcare providers via a subsidiary. read more …read more
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Telehealth services market on steep upward trajectory
Revenue in the telehealth services industry is expected to grow by an annualized 30.7 percent to $320.2 million in the next five years, including revenue growth of 23.1 percent in 2014, according to… read more …read more
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Docs, nurses learn to get along in simulation game
A new simulation game aims to teach doctors and nurses how to work more collaboratively and avoid conflicts in order to prevent dangerous or sometimes fatal miscommunications. read more …read more
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Brookings: Reimbursement issues, murky regs top mHealth challenges
The top challenge facing mobile health technology innovation and adoption in the U.S. is the lack of federal health agency and healthcare payer reimbursement, according to a new report from the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. read more …read more
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HHS, HITRUST aim to prep health industry for cyber attacks
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) have announced they will be conducting monthly threat briefings, starting in April, in an expansion of industry cyber threat preparedness and education efforts. read more …read more
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Despite safety disputes, med robot market on the rise
Due to a shift in the healthcare industry toward minimally invasive procedures performed with robot technology–for which safety often is disputed–the medical robot market is set to explode. read more …read more
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How HealthCare.gov’s failure has become a learning tool
Healthcare leaders need to read “Code Red: Inside the nightmare launch of HealthCare.gov and the team that figured out how to fix it.” Steven Brill’s article in the March 10, 2014, issue of Time is a must-read for several reasons. read more …read more